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What is your possession that you have owned for the longest and still have?

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BlueSkyPlease · 09/07/2020 09:22

I'm guessing most people's longest owned possession must be some sort of teddy bear? Am I right? Mine is anyway, given to me on the day I was born and I still have. Looks a bit bedraggled now but I would be gutted to ever lose him!

What is your possession that you have owned for longest?

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InTheShadowOfTheMushroomCloud · 09/07/2020 22:25

Sooty - he is over 50

PickAChew · 09/07/2020 22:30

My flute. I've had it for 40 years. It needs a lot of tlc and I've not tried playing it for years, now.

SapphosRock · 09/07/2020 22:31

My Boots advantage card recently celebrated its 22nd birthday.

Gooseygoosey12345 · 09/07/2020 22:35

A tiny dolly with beans inside with a little plastic head with a bonnet on. My nana gave it to me when I was a toddler and I use to roll it between my fingers. Its ridiculously precious to me and I'd be devastated if I lost it. I'm not normally sentimental!

TJH1 · 09/07/2020 22:37

@RealityBased That’s so lovely.

MushyPeasAreTheDevilsFood · 09/07/2020 22:40

I have teddies from my childhood at my Parents. The oldest thing in my home, apart from photos, is a laura ashley fancy evening wear skirt. Electric blue. With netting. I love it. Had it Twenty years.

SoMuchToBits · 09/07/2020 22:41

@PickAChew I've had my clarinet for 43 years and still play it. But it's not as old as my teddy bear.

NoWordForFluffy · 09/07/2020 22:41

You're right. Panda, taken to me in hospital by my dad. He's in my wardrobe as he's too delicate to have anywhere the kids might get hold of him!

NotMeNoNo · 09/07/2020 22:42

I still have a doll and teddy bear that I've had since before I can remember. And a bit of embroidery (early starter) seen in photos when I was 4 or 5.

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 09/07/2020 22:45

Foxie. My dad brought him to the hospital when he came to bring newborn me home. He'll be 43 soon.

Noworrieshere · 09/07/2020 22:45

My cot blanket. Was on my bed all of my childhood and at university, it's now in a box in my wardrobe but I do wash it and have a snuggle with it every now and again

Mumthedogsbeensick · 09/07/2020 22:47

A Gnasher badge from when I joined the Dennis the Menace Fan Club in 1983!

Germolenequeen · 09/07/2020 22:49

My oldest possession is my bear Ted - 58 in December 😍
My oldest family possession is my Nana's engagement ring circa 1920 💗
I have antique jewellery that is older bought my my DH in estate sales

QuantumWeatherButterfly · 09/07/2020 22:53

I have a teddy I've had since I was 2, and a bracelet that was a 16th birthday gift. I think those are the things I've owned for the longest consecutive time.

I also have a bunch of kids books and knick knacks from my childhood that I left behind when I left home after university that I reinherited when my parents sold the family house and cleared out the loft 20 years later.

AdaFromYorkshire · 09/07/2020 22:56

My teddy from the day I was born, now a bit faded and saggy at nearly 60. Also a small table which is about four years older than me. We use it all the time.

newyeardelurker · 09/07/2020 23:07

My trumpet which I've had for over 30 years I think is my oldest possession. I have some older sheet music too.

But on reflection I have my baby book - barely completed - and DD has my christening bracelet.

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BlueSkyPlease · 09/07/2020 23:09

Oh I've loved reading this thread! I completely forgot I started it this morning! Some very special memories through treasured possessions.

@mawbags I also had that record player!

@saphosrocks I'm undeniably impressed by the age of your boots advantage card

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newyeardelurker · 09/07/2020 23:10

Ooh and for some weird reason my survival swimming badge the one where you had to blow up your pyjamas and dive for a brick Confused

WinterAndRoughWeather · 09/07/2020 23:11

Oh! I’ve also got my cycling proficiency badge, which must have been from year 5 or 6.

redastherose · 09/07/2020 23:15

Old fashioned window with pictures behind advent calendar in the shape of an Angel. Given to me for Christmas when I was about 2 by my Godmother. It's 48 years old. My godmother died when I was 3 so I have treasured her ever since and she comes out every Christmas.

TwoZeroTwoZero · 09/07/2020 23:18

My battered and threadbare teddy bear

Gilead · 09/07/2020 23:24

A sandalwood box given by a family friend when I was around 12, That makes it 50 years old.

thisstooshallpass · 09/07/2020 23:28

A cut glass trifle bowl. It was a wedding present to my DH's great grandma. It's over 100 years old.

anappleadaykeeps · 09/07/2020 23:29

The Ladybird Book of Knitting. I remember making the egg cup and "a knitted tie for father" when I was little in the late 70s. I've used it on lockdown, as I've attempted to knit a "grown up" jumper for the first time!

Also my lovely 1980s Hunter Green wellies "made in Scotland" and still going strong Smile

MrsPerks · 09/07/2020 23:29

A panda and a Fisher Price toy radio. (I also have a maternity blouse my mother wore whilst pregnant with me but that doesn't count!).